The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) | Shadow report Trade union rights (art. 8) 19. Please provide information on the legislative measures taken to guarantee the right of employees in both the private and the public sectors to freely form and join trade unions, and their right to strike. Please explain any limitations in place on registration of trade unions for public sector employees, in view of Cabinet decision No. 17/24/50 of 11 November 2014 to close the Union of Public Employees and of the arrest and detaining of two of its leaders. Please describe the measures in place to protect members and leaders of trade unions in the exercise of their trade union rights, and to ensure that they are protected from reprisals, harassment and violence. Right to social security (art. 9) 20. Please provide updated information on the progress made by the State party with the revision of its social security laws and the establishment of a financially sustainable social security system. Please provide information, including statistical data, on the coverage of the social security schemes, including the number of beneficiaries, disaggregated by age group, sex, disability, region, employment status and sector, and other relevant criteria. Please explain the steps taken to ensure that workers in the informal economy are not deprived of their right to social security. Please also indicate the impact of the measures taken to set a social protection floor that includes basic social security guarantees for all persons, including those from the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups. Protection of the family and children (art. 10) 21. Please describe the steps taken by the State party to conduct a review of its personal status laws and to bring its legislative framework relating to marriage, divorce, custody and inheritance into line with international norms and standards. Please provide information about the steps taken to adopt the draft family protection bill, in compliance with international norms and standards. Please also describe the legislative and policy measures taken to address gender-based violence against women, and the impact thereof, including the results achieved under the State party’s strategic plan for combating violence against women (2011–2019). Right to an adequate standard of living (art. 11) 22. Please provide information on the measures taken by the State party to address the high incidence of poverty, and the impact thereof. Please indicate the steps taken by the State party to improve food security in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Please describe the measures taken to protect 22